The growers do. Supermarkets buy from growers.I think I recall A Current Affair doing a piece which found some fruit in Supermarkets can be up to a year old. Supermarket chains preserve seasonal fruit and vegies so scarcity is lessened.
I think I recall A Current Affair doing a piece which found some fruit in Supermarkets can be up to a year old. Supermarket chains preserve seasonal fruit and vegies so scarcity is lessened.
oh my god, kunce want apples all year round and are shocked to hear that they are getting stock that may be out of season.
The growers do. Supermarkets buy from growers.
Phew! using the word ethical and one of the duopolies in the same sentence, is not something I get to see everyday!But I don't think the majors Woolworths or Coles are ethical anyways.
Can you stay on topic?let me remind you we are discussing small home gardens and secondly personal preference regarding taste.Then theres the long term side effects(whether their are any or not) of using synthetic chemicals to enhance the crop.
look ill be honest im going to digress,i reckon dairy farmers have caused a lot of pollution in NZ so therefore i have a bit of a mistrust of what you guys have to say.Your financially motivated.Our long term health is secondary.
Its your opinion whether something is better for the general public.YOUR OPINION.
Whether you are providing to the economy wont mean a lot to future generations when they have to clean up the mess.
If you're going to grow tommies, makes sure their the big ugly bastards, with lots of flesh and minimal seed.
i don't believe a tomato is not like it use to be, because of farming methods, like many veggies and stuff, it's the variety, used.
Surely there is a market for that! Imagine one slice off a big tomato that is just the right size to fit inside my sandwich? I among many others would be mega chuffed.
Gerry I'm staying on topic to what you keep posting about.
Synthetic or natural chemicals have the potential to be harmful and have long term side effects, it's not just synthetic chemicals that are dangerous. You say synthetic chemicals to enhance a crop. Can you name any of these chemicals and the way they enhance a crop.
So now you go off topic. Farming needs to be sustainable long term otherwise you go broke. Not saying than no farmers pollute but that in no way the goal for most. Talk to farmers and most are doing a hell of a lot more for the environment than the do gooders posting on the net about pollution.
It's actually not my opinion. I go with what the science and evidence says. Nothing to do with my opinion.
google is your friend Baz.
And the river we used to swim in as kids is now very polluted from dairy farming.thats my evidence.im not saying its something you would do.but it does happen.
It's the varieties that are selected by what the fucken consumer wants these days.
The average mum that does the shopping doesn't want a misshapen tomato the size of your head. They want a small to medium size, even shaped tomato often with a mild to bland taste. So that's what to growers want to sell.
Trust me if there was a market for massive tomatoes, give the plant breeders 10 years and you would have tomatoes almost as big as watermelons.
Well, not this one.
Horse shit. Since when does anyone want bland food. I guess that since the supermarkets have sold hydroponic tasteless shit for the last 25 years, that's what the average consumer now expects, but not necessarily wants, in the supermarkets.
I'm pretty sure that if they sold real tomatoes for a month then went back to the used tampons that pass as tomatoes there would be a problem.
Also, the supermarkets know that people want real tomatoes which is why they jack the price up on those fancy ones that come with the vine still attached. It's basic sales horse shit. Provide something that only the top 5% can afford, knowing you will sell much less, then jack up the margins on the cheap shit. The crap then looks like a real bargain which the 95% buy. Let me assure you, that 100% of car ads show the top model with all the extras, not the basic high profit margin model.
Again, you miss the point. It's not about size (cough), it's about taste (snicker). Like raw milk. I don't drink raw milk for the russian roulette or the health benefits (although there definitely are benefits). I drink it because it tastes like real milk. Not the watered down homogenised permeate soylent green shit that they foist onto the unwashed masses.
The supermarkets sell the mid sized, homogenised tasteless tomato because they are picked unripe to make them impervious to road transport. Real vine ripened tomatoes would not make it to the shops as they are not picked, gently placed in trays and driven straight to your local supermarket. They are trucked in mass to distribution centres, retrucked to state distribution centres then retrucked again to supermarkets, all over a week or so. Their costs are down, profits are up. It tastes like shit but there is money in the bank and the peasants are none the wiser.
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